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Inside the UK Afro house renaissance

The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity

Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...

Defected’s Sondela imprint announces Ibiza’s first Afro house residency at Bora Bora

 Line-ups are still under wraps, but expect key figures from the London Afro house scene like Kitty Amor

Ibiza is getting its first Afro house residency, helmed by Defected's Sondela label at beach club Bora Bora. Label heads Sef Kombo and Louie Dunmore...

Hagan and Aymos link up on new Afro house single, ‘Sise Ntweni’: Listen

"A club-ready track that highlights how South African music has been a significant source of inspiration for me"

Hagan has teamed up with South African vocalist Aymos for a new single, ‘Sise Ntweni’. Check it out below. "'Sise Ntweni’ is a club-ready track...

An hour of impeccable Afro-house and tech from South Africa’s Kasango

Kasango’s mix for DJ Mag’s Radio 1 Dance residency is available to stream on demand now. Listen to it here, or via the BBC...

London’s Tribal Brothers and Bristol’s DJ Polo link up on Livity Sound with four cuts of future-facing UK funky. Hear ‘Three Tribes’ now

Tribal Brothers and DJ Polo have teamed up for a new EP on Livity Sound.

‘The Link Up’ finds the longstaning London duo of LR...

Los Angeles’ Yaw Appiah delivers deep, vibey Afro house on his new EP, ‘Nangu’. Hear the title track now

Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Yaw Appiah will release a new EP, ‘Nangu’, tomorrow. 

The emerging artist follows his recent ‘Before Transition’ release, which featured...

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The Trent Park festival celebrates its 5th birthday in August...

Roger Sanchez and Kings of House (aka Louie Vega & David Morales) are among the first names announced to play this year's 51st State Festival...

Nightowl at Pacha, to be exact

The Dutch, it is generally accepted, are latter-day pioneers. Though they’ve never colonised India or ridden a covered wagon to the American West, they’ve done...

Sef Kombo & Kitty Amor

The London Afro house DJs takeover DJ Mag HQ from 17:00 (GMT)

This Friday (11th February) we welcome Sef Kombo and Kitty Amor to DJ Mag HQ for a 60-minute livestream. The London DJs, known for their...

Tribal Brothers

LR Groove and Razzlerman merge the sounds of UK funky, amapiano and Afro-house across four cuts of "high-impact drum science"

Tribal Brothers have announced a new EP on Livity Sound, 'Formation'. The release marks a return to the celebrated UK imprint for the London club...

Johannesburg-based artist Jazzuelle is driven by intuition, experimentation and personal evolution. We speak to one of South Africa's most vital talents about his new album...

Cape Town born, Johannesburg-based Jazzuelle AKA Thando Tshoma has been one of the most prevalent artists in the South African dance music scene for some...

Berliner mixes latest secretsundaze Compilation

After the roaring success of their recent 'secretsundaze Vol.1' double compilation, the club's founders and residents Giles Smith and James Priestley have corralled one of...

Premiere: DJ IC, DJ Jim Mastershine & Idd Aziz ‘Meremeta (Echo Deep Dub Mix)’

Johannesburg's Echo Deep crafts a rolling, percussive remix of the forthcoming Afro house cut ‘Meremeta’

DJ IC, DJ Jim Mastershine and Idd Aziz will release their new collaborative single, ‘Meremeta’, this month via Sneja Recordings alongside a collection of remixes...

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

Jeremiah Asiamah is on a roll. The British-Ghanaian DJ, broadcaster and producer has risen through the ranks of UK radio in recent years, cutting his...